[T1S1] birth in Charleroi, PA; parents' background, marriage and move to Charleroi; education, Charleroi school, the University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne University; discussion of childhood in Charleroi; home life and activities as a youth; enters the University of Pittsburgh in 1928; activities with Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity and Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association; interest in fencing; views about the University of Pittsburgh; employment with Foodtown Kitchens, Incorporated; starts his own food brokerage company with a partner called Joe A. Masury Company; courtship and marriage; his work with L. B. Foster Company; discussion of L. B. Foster Company; early married life.
